Een groep Hamas terroristen uit Hebron die door Abbas waren vrijgelaten (op verzoek van de emir van Qatar), werden gisteren door de IDF gearresteerd, waarbij per vergissing een Palestijnse man werd doodgeschoten. Dezelfde dag werd bij een schietgevecht aan de grens met Gaza per ongeluk een eigen soldaat dodelijk getroffen door een granaat.
Dit zijn maar enkelen van de doden die wekelijks vallen, en het aantal valt in het niet bij vele conflicten elders in de wereld, die zelden het nieuws halen. Toch duurt dit conflict al zo ontzettend lang, dat iedereen snakt (of zou moeten snakken) naar een vredesakkoord. Hoog tijd dat Abbas en Netanjahoe weer om de tafel gaan zitten, en liefst met de deur op slot tot ze eruit zijn...
Vreemd is overigens dat Abbas de terroristen (een had een dodelijke zelfmoordaanslag mee voorbereid en daarna nog verschillende gepland die waren verijdeld) op verzoek van de emir van Qatar heeft vrijgelaten. Wat heeft de emir van Qatar ermee te maken en waarom doet Abbas wat hij zegt??
Wouter & Ratna
Wouter & Ratna
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IDF says it regrets killing civilian in Hebron raid, but defends operation
IDF raided Hebron to re-arrest Hamas members, including senior member who assisted man who planned 2008 suicide bombing in Dimona.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-says-it-regrets-killing-civilian-in-hebron-raid-but-defends-operation-1.335781
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday that it regrets the killing of a Palestinian man who was shot during a raid on a Hamas cell in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Amr Qawasme, a 65-year-old Hebron resident, was killed early Friday during an IDF raid during which six Hamas members were re-arrested after being released by the Palestinian Authority the previous day.
Medical sources said Qawasme, who was unarmed at the time, was brought dead to hospital with several bullet wounds to the upper part of his body. They said the man had been shot in a building the soldiers had raided to arrest one of the Hamas members.
The IDF confirmed that the man was "present in one of the terrorist's home." They further clarified that during the raid, they arrested Wael Mahmoud Said Bitar, a senior member of the Hamas armed infrastructure in the Hebron Region.
"Bitar was the assistant of Shehab Natshe, who planned the suicide bombing in Dimona of 2008, in which an Israeli woman was killed and ten civilians were injured," the IDF statement said. "After Natshe was killed, Bitar planned several suicide attacks that were eventually thwarted."
According to Qawasme's wife, Sobheye, he was asleep when soldiers broke into his home before dawn. She said the IDF troops brushed past her into the bedroom, where she heard several shots fired. When she went in, she found her husband in a pool of blood.
"I was praying when they entered. I do not know how they opened the door. They put their hand to my mouth and a rifle to my head," she told Reuters after Qawasme's body was removed.
"I was shocked. They did not allow me to talk. I asked them, 'What did you do?' They asked me to shut up."
Reuters Television footage showed Qawasme's sodden bed and bullet casings on the floor.
Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi responded to the IDF raid on Friday, calling it a "cold-blooded murder of an elderly man."
Tibi demanded that those responsible be put on trial so it would be made clear that Palestinian blood cannot be spilled without consequences.
The PA had taken the five men re-arrested by the IDF into custody in September in a campaign to detain Hamas activists after a drive-by shooting against Israeli settlers in the area. In September of 2010, four Israelis were killed and two injured in two separate shooting attacks in the West Bank.
The five Hamas members, all Hebron residents, were first held in a PA prison in Bethlehem, south of Hebron, but went on hunger strike, demanding to be moved to Hebron so that their families could visit them.
The PA moved them to Hebron after about 40 days of the hunger strike and following coordination with Israel.
PA officials said Thursday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered their release after direct appeal from the emir of Qatar.
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1 IDF soldier killed, 4 injured along Gaza border
One IDF soldier was killed and four were injured by gunfire along the border fence of the central Gaza Strip Friday evening.
An initial IDF investigation suggested that friendly fire caused the death of Sergeant Nadav Rotenberg, 20, of Ramot Hashavim, and left one soldier in a moderate condition and three others lightly injured.
The investigation also suggested that forces from the Paratroopers Brigade fired three mortar shells at terrorists who clashed with IDF troops. Two of the mortar shells bombs hit their targets, however the third apparently missed its target and hit the soldiers.
According to preliminary reports, a cell of terrorists was situated along the fence near Kibbutz Nirim and opened fire on IDF troops with automatic weapons and mortars.
Palestinian sources reported that the firefight lasted 20 minutes and that tank shells were fired, according to AFP. There was no word of Palestinian casualties.
The cell apparently waited in ambush for an IDF patrol and opened fire when the patrol passed by. An officer in the Southern Command told Channel 10: "We are still learning the details of the event. The soldiers were transferred to the trauma center at Soroka Hospital [in Beersheba] where their condition will be determined."
The officer continued, "From initial details, it seems that we are dealing with a planned ambush by a terrorist cell that intended to observe IDF forces operating in the area where the incident occurred." He added that additional forces were quickly called to the location.
Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported that IAF helicopters fired missiles into the Strip in response to the incident, which the IDF spokesperson declined to confirm or deny.
Earlier Friday, a protest took place in the Gaza Strip over the death of 66-year-old Omar Kawasmeh, who was mistakenly killed during an IDF arrest raid in the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday night. During the Gaza rally, Hamas official Ismail Radwan made a call "to unleash the resistance to respond to [the death]," Ma'an reported.
Also on Friday, the PFLP claimed responsibility for firing a mortar shell into Israeli territory. The shell landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were reported.
An initial IDF investigation suggested that friendly fire caused the death of Sergeant Nadav Rotenberg, 20, of Ramot Hashavim, and left one soldier in a moderate condition and three others lightly injured.
The investigation also suggested that forces from the Paratroopers Brigade fired three mortar shells at terrorists who clashed with IDF troops. Two of the mortar shells bombs hit their targets, however the third apparently missed its target and hit the soldiers.
According to preliminary reports, a cell of terrorists was situated along the fence near Kibbutz Nirim and opened fire on IDF troops with automatic weapons and mortars.
Palestinian sources reported that the firefight lasted 20 minutes and that tank shells were fired, according to AFP. There was no word of Palestinian casualties.
The cell apparently waited in ambush for an IDF patrol and opened fire when the patrol passed by. An officer in the Southern Command told Channel 10: "We are still learning the details of the event. The soldiers were transferred to the trauma center at Soroka Hospital [in Beersheba] where their condition will be determined."
The officer continued, "From initial details, it seems that we are dealing with a planned ambush by a terrorist cell that intended to observe IDF forces operating in the area where the incident occurred." He added that additional forces were quickly called to the location.
Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported that IAF helicopters fired missiles into the Strip in response to the incident, which the IDF spokesperson declined to confirm or deny.
Earlier Friday, a protest took place in the Gaza Strip over the death of 66-year-old Omar Kawasmeh, who was mistakenly killed during an IDF arrest raid in the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday night. During the Gaza rally, Hamas official Ismail Radwan made a call "to unleash the resistance to respond to [the death]," Ma'an reported.
Also on Friday, the PFLP claimed responsibility for firing a mortar shell into Israeli territory. The shell landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were reported.
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